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How Smoking Affects Your Heart and Increases Surgery Risk

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Inflammation and Plaque Buildup: Smoking damages the endothelium (the inner lining of blood vessels), triggering inflammation. This damage accelerates the formation of plaques, leading to atherosclerosisa condition where arteries narrow and harden, restricting blood flow.

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Understanding the Difference Between Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest

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A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, happens when an artery becomes blocked, reducing blood flow to the heart muscle. This blockage is often caused by a blood clot or the buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with oxygen-rich blood.

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Penumbra Launches Indigo System CAT RX Catheter in Europe to Address Acute Coronary Syndrome

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As shown in the CHEETAH study , CAT RX demonstrated high rates of blood clot removal, blood flow restoration and myocardial perfusion in conjunction with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with high thrombus burden.

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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Heart Valve Disease If one or more heart valves are not functioning correctly, it can cause blood to flow backward, putting extra pressure on the heart, which may cause it to expand to compensate for the inefficiency. Beta-blockers , which slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure. Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots.

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Study finds young adults at risk for large vessel occlusion strokes

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Large Vessel Occlusion Acute ischemic Strokes (LVO-AIS) are considered to be the most debilitating strokes which occur due to blockage of large cerebral arteries usually from blood clots or plaque build up.

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No Reduction in 90-Day Deaths, Heart Attacks With Human Apo/A1, A Building Block of HDL Cholesterol

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Although we missed our primary endpoint, our data support the hypothesis that HDL cholesterol plays a role in reducing subsequent coronary plaque disruption events like heart attack via enhanced cholesterol efflux attacks,” Gibson said. Other studies have shown that high levels of HDL cholesterol are associated with reduced heart attack risk.

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Research Presented at ACC 2024 Found No Reduction in 90-Day Deaths, Heart Attacks With Human Apo/A1

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Although we missed our primary endpoint, our data support the hypothesis that HDL cholesterol plays a role in reducing subsequent coronary plaque disruption events like heart attack via enhanced cholesterol efflux attacks,” Gibson said. Other studies have shown that high levels of HDL cholesterol are associated with reduced heart attack risk.